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With winter approaching, the Saskatchewan Highway Hotline is upgrading services to winter standards. The hotline will now report conditions 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

To help victims of family violence access support services when they’re needed, the Manitoba government is introducing new resources and will make it easier for those at risk to obtain protection orders. Until Nov.

A photo taken in Churchill has earned Ontario’s Don Gutoski the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015 from the Natural History Museum London. The photo is entitled “A Tale of Two Foxes.

“Okay, Sheriff, I know the drill.” That was my thought a few days after Christmas last year. No, I wasn’t being arrested, interrogated or being asked whether I was familiar with his selection of power tools.

Lively rhythms filled the Hapnot Collegiate gym last Sunday, Nov.1 as students from Flin Flon, The Pas and Thompson performed pieces honed over a weekend of intensive music clinics at the NorMan Jazz Festival.

North Sask. Seniors Tournament , Oct. 5: Fern Kozak and Vasti Lamb, first, 145; Nellie Jebsen and Phyllis MacKenzie, second, 144; Chris Anderson and Julie Chambers, third, 137; June Hoglander and Lena Kopachinski, low, 118 Ladies’ Spades , Oct.

Violence against women and children exists in everyday life in all societies. It takes many forms in our communities. Canada has some of the most thorough and advanced laws in the world to protect women and children.

Food Matters Manitoba is encouraging northern Manitobans to take their food into their own hands by supporting the keeping of gardens and livestock in the remote north.

“I focus on the fact that whatever choices I made, I made them. Good or bad, you need to own your choices.” REGGIE LEACH FORMER FLIN FLON BOMBER AND AUTHOR OF A NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Health care in northern Manitoba is evolving, but not quickly enough to allay all concerns. That was the take-away from the Northern Health Region (NHR) annual general meeting held this past Tuesday, Oct. 27 at the RH Channing Auditorium.